The object dubbed Earth's "second moon" is actually a quasi-satellite that's accompanied the planet since 1957 — not a true ...

Earth's magnetic field was struck by a "severe" solar storm Monday (Jan. 19), triggering vibrant auroras in the U.S. and ...

Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments ...

The Moon is a pretty peculiar object. It is believed that it formed from the incredible collision between the proto-Earth and ...

A bullet-speed experiment reveals that the Earth's inner core may be softer and more dynamic than previously thought.

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For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This ...

A Pew Research poll shows partisan split over U.S. scientific leadership, with Democrats far more concerned about losing ...

It was quite a leap. Conspiracy theorists are being brought back down to Earth after NASA scientists debunked a wild claim ...

Earth's orbiting satellites are commonly regarded as if they were suspended in mid-air. It is a fact that they actually ...

Earth's rotation is randomly speeding up, and nobody is quite sure why. These speedups, which have occurred several times over the last few years, haven't had any effect on daily life, but they also ...